I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement. Instead, students would need to demonstrate that they have ...

SPRINGFIELD – One longterm teacher worries children will be left behind if voters eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement in November’s election. A second educator says children are already left ...

In addition to deciding their pick for president of United States, Massachusetts voters in November will weigh in on five ballot initiatives. This is the second in a series of stories explaining each ...

Teachers' unions and advocacy groups on Wednesday demanded that state education officials invalidate an MCAS exam after the test contained a now-removed question asking students to write from the ...

Sometimes real-world developments cut through foggy rhetoric and bring needed clarity to much-muddled matters. That just happened with the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests, better ...